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1 High Court of Justice Nina, Paola, Isaiah, Arielle, Kendell, Kenly, Marte

2 Basic Information  Established: 1875  Country: England and Wales, UK  Location: Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, City of Westminster, London, UK  Authorized: Her Majesty the Queen via Supreme Court of Judicature Act 1873

3 Basic Info. Continued  Decisions Appealed: Court of Appeal and Judicial Committee of the Privy Council  Currently: Lord Judge  Since: October 2008

4 High Court  High Court is together with the Court of Appeal and Crown Court  Most proceedings heard by a single judge  Litigants normally represented by Counsel  High Court hears Criminal and Civil cases

5 High Court  High Court Judges appointed by the Queen on recommendation of the Judicial Appointment commission form from qualified lawyers  Judges may be removed by retirement age requiring approval of both Houses of Parliament

6 Cases Heard  High Court Judges seat in the Crown Court which tries most criminal cases  High Court of Justice only hears the most important of cases  Deals with all value and high importance of cases and has supervisory over all subordinate courts and tribunals, with few statutory exceptions

7 Three Divisions  Division One- Queens Bench  Division Two- Chancery  Division Three- Family Division

8 Division One  Queens Bench  Hears appeals on points of law of Magistrates.  Appeals from Court goes to Court of Appeals

9 Division Two  Chancery  Economic, Business, Trust, Company Laws.  Mostly dealing with Tax Appeals

10 Division Three  Family  Personal, Divorce, Children, Medical Treatment

11 The End


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